A book I found especially helpful is Bertram Hawthorne Groene's
Tracing
Your
Civil War Ancestor. Among other tips, he recommends ordering both
your
ancestor's pension records AND his military service records (two different
requests). He says to write "Send ALL pension records" across the top of
your pension request and "Send ALL service records." across the top of your
military service record request. It may cost you extra, but you'll know
you
have everything. They'll send you an estimate for any extra
copies above
the
cost you pay for the initial search and basic records and you can
decide if
you want them.
Hope this helps some! (All of us started somewhere, too, and, one hopes,
someone helped us without making us feel stupid, too!)
This is great information! Thanks for the tip! I especially like your
tidbit at the end.
"All of us started somewhere, too, and, one hopes, someone helped us without
making us feel stupid, too!)"
It made me smile! :)
Michelle :)